WARNING: In case you haven't noticed, I changed the rating. It's all thanks to this chapter.
Dominique Gabrielle Weasley did not like not being in control of a situation.
Especially if the situation included her falling in love.
When she was little she used to think she'll find her Prince Charming and she'll fall for him and he'll fall for her and they'd get married, have children and live happily ever after.
How wrong she had been back then.
Back then she'd thought her Prince Charming was Teddy Lupin, she thought she was the reason he spent so much time at her house, Shell Cottage. Even if he spent most of his time with Victoire, she thought he always went there to see her and he just used his friendship with Victoire as an excuse to see her.
How wrong and naive she had been back then.
It all changed when she was fourteen. It was her sister's birthday party at the Gryffindor Common Room and she'd asked Teddy to meet her outside the portrait of the Fat Lady before going into the party.
When she saw him approaching her, with his gorgeous blue hair and his ever present grin, she couldn't contain herself. She kissed him.
When he didn't kiss her back she knew something was wrong. Hesitantly she pulled back.
She looked and his eyes and she'd understood. It wasn't her he wanted, it had always been Victoire.
Victoire, her perfect and beautiful older sister. Victoire, who had inherited their mother's Veela genes and who was as good at Quidditch as every other member of the family. Victoire the oldest granddaughter, who every cousin adored and inspired to be. Victoire, who didn't have enough with just being better than Dominique at everything, she also had to be the girl Teddy loved, not Dominique, Victoire.
So she had begged him not to tell anyone and he'd gone into the Common Room completely oblivious to the heart he'd just broken.
And after she'd calmed herself down, she'd decided what she was going to do. She was going to forget everything about love, it just make her suffer.
She walked into the party with a new confidence and walked directly to the improvised bar and asked for a Firewhiskey. When the stupid seventh year bartender wouldn't give it to her because "she wasn't of age", she kissed him until he lost his mind and gave her a bottle of Firewhiskey, not just a glass. Then she'd danced with every boy older than her (not with Teddy, of course) and she had her first make out session with some random sixth year Hufflepuff she never bothered to remember his name, or his face.
She had never felt so free in her entire life.
When she entered fifth year she had already dated half of the boys in her year (or just snogged them).
Her first boyfriend to last more than a week had broken up with her because he caught her kissing Anthony Thomas in an empty classroom (bloody Eddie and his prefect rounds!).
When her dear sister asked her if something was wrong, she got so mad she'd lost her virginity to a seventh year Slytherin (who she knew had a girlfriend) in a broom cupboard. She never remembered his name.
She had never felt so much better than her prudish sister in her entire life.
On September 1st, of her sixth year, Teddy and Victoire announced their relationship. And she actually felt happy for Teddy that her sister corresponded to his feelings. But she still felt hatred towards Vic (and not just because she lost 40 galleons thanks to her) because everyone was happy for them but they never cared when she had a boyfriend, they hadn't even asked her if she's had a boyfriend.
So in sixth year she got a reputation of being a bitch, though she deserved that reputation since last year. But she only slept with really hot guys, bad boys her family would never approve of (not that she cared about their opinion), or boys that already had a girlfriend.
She liked feeling loved, even if she didn't care about them and neither them cared about her, even if she just felt love for an hour or two.
It all changed in her seventh year.
She'd decided she was going to 'return to the good side' but first there was someone who deserved her apology.
She was sitting alone in her compartment when the door opened and Jake Foxx walked in, but stopped when he saw her, then he turned on his heels and walked out of her compartment.
"Jake, wait!" said Dominique, standing up and following him.
Jake visibly sighed and turned to face her.
"What do you want, Weasley?" he said, crossing his arms.
"To apologize" she said, ignoring the ache in her heart when he called her 'Weasley'. He just raised an eyebrow. She continued, "Look, I'm sorry, I know I've been stupid for the last two years, maybe three. I'm sorry for the way I treated you but something happened in our fourth year that changed me and I'm sorry for all the things I said that day and for ignoring you for the last two years."
"And it took you two years to apologize?" was all he said before leaving her standing on the middle of the train, looking heartbroken.
*Flashback*
"Domi, is it true what everyone is saying?" said Jake walking into the Common Room after finishing his first Prefect rounds.
"It depends, what everyone is saying?" said Dominique, not looking up from her essay.
"That you slept with Craig" he answered, sitting in front of her.
"Who?" she asked, still not looking up.
"The Slytherin seventh year Quidditch captain!"
"Oh" she said finally looking up.
"So, did you slept with him?"
"Ummm… well… yes?" she mumbled.
"What?!"
"Look Jake, it's my life, okay? If I slept with someone it's none of your business!" she said, annoyed.
"It is my business because I'm your best friend but I'm done with you! I'm done with your attitude, I'm done with defending you when other guys say how much they desire you, I'm done with listening to your rants of how much you hate your sister, I'm done with you! I told you that I'd never leave your side but I can't stand to see you ruin your life like this!" he said standing to leave.
"Well, I never asked you to stick with me after my change of last year! I never wanted you by my side anyway! You're so ugly that no one would ever want to kiss you! You just had your first kiss because I accidentally turned my head when you were going to kiss my cheek! I bet you haven't kissed a girl since then! And no, your mother doesn't count! I just befriended you because I felt pity!" when she finished she knew she had crossed the line, and she regretted it.
She ran out of the Gryffindor Tower and found the sixth year Prefect returning to the Tower. She had been best friends with Jake since their first train ride and she knew she'd ruined it, so she slept with the sixth year Prefect, just to feel that love she had just lost.
*End of flashback*
She spent September and October trying to talk to him, with no success. On November he was fed up with her attempts of having a conversation and snapped.
"Do you even care about me?! Or I'm just the only seventh year you haven't slept with and you don't want to graduate without having sex with every boy in our year?!" he screamed at her when he was on his way to dinner.
"Of course I care about you, Head Boy! Besides, I don't know if you have noticed, but I'm trying to be a good girl again." she said looking offended that he thought she just wanted to shag him.
"Wait, you know I'm Head Boy?" he asked looking shocked.
"Yes! You never take off your badge and I've seen you talking with the Head Girl." taking advantage of his shocked state she took his hand and guided him to a deserted corridor. "Look, if you want to know why I changed I'll tell you. And you can hate me or forgive me after hearing it, it's your decision, just promise you won't tell anyone."
He nodded.
"I've always had a crush on Teddy Lupin. When I was little I thought it was love and until fourth year I thought he loved me too. On Victoire's party, when we were in fourth year, I kissed him, and then I understood that he never loved me, or maybe he did but only as a sister. I was devastated, I always thought he was my 'knight in shining armor' but he's not and I realized Victoire always got everything I ever wanted, not just Teddy but also everything else I wanted, so I just went crazy and wanted to feel loved and that's why I started dating all those guys in fourth year. But then in fifth year Victoire asked me if something was wrong and I just thought 'Yeah, everything is wrong thank to you!' and I got so mad that she dared to ask something like that and I wanted to prove her how much her perfection had wrecked me, that's why I slept with that Slytherin," by now her eyes were full of tears, "looking back, I realize I was stupid because Victoire didn't know she was the reason of my sudden change." she took a deep breath, "There, I said it. I know it doesn't change anything I did but at least you know why I did all those things."
"I never thought it was so complicated, I had no idea" he stepped forward and hugged her.
Taken aback by his hug she just awkwardly hugged him back and mumbled, "I haven't hugged someone in a long time."
"Well, you better get used to it because I'm trying to forgive you and you know how much I like hugs." he whispered back.
She chuckled.
Just with one hug she felt more in her heart for Jake than she had ever felt for Teddy. She just didn't want to rush into something, for now best friends was more than enough.
Author's Note: I GOT INSPIRATION AND WROTE DOM'S CHAPTER! YAY ME! but I still have no idea what should I write for Lily's chapter.
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